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While Medaglia d'Oro's sale to Darley may have temporarily averted the spotlight towards the son of El Prado (IRE) ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , young Gainesway stallion Tapit ( TrueNicks , SRO ) continues to duke it out with him in the production of stakes winners. Malibu Beach became stakes winner number six for Tapit June 5 when she won the Alyssum Stakes at Belmont...
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Sadler's Wells, whose sons and grandsons have a virtual shut-out in the upcoming Epsom Derby (Eng-I), ran wild last week, particularly in concert with his old ally Mill Reef. In Australia, his number one son Galileo (IRE) was represented by Saint Minerva (AUS), winner of The Prop House Grand Prix Stakes (Aus-III). Rated A++ , Saint Minerva follows grade I winner...
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One of a number of sons of Sunday Silence battling to establish themselves as the true heir to their sire is Shadai Stallion Station's Neo Universe (JPN). With his first-crop 3-year-olds, Neo Universe is sire of Unrivaled (JPN) , who took the Japanese classic Satsuki Sho (Jpn-II), and of Logi Universe (JPN) , who lost his unbeaten record with a disappointing...
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The Runaway Groom branch of Blushing Groom (FR) had a very useful weekend. Runaway Groom's son Najran was represented by the third graded winner from his first crop when Wasted Tears took the Ouija Board Distaff Handicap (gr. IIIT). Proving herself a true daughter of her sire -- who equaled Dr. Fager's world record for a mile on dirt -- Wasted Tears smoked the...
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The 2009 running of the Oaks d'Italia (Ity-II) went to the Peintre Celebre filly Night of Magic (IRE) . Night of Magic is out of a mare by Platini (GER) (by the great German sire Surumu (GER)) and from a German family that goes back to Catnip (IRE), the granddam of Nearco (ITY). Rated A++ by TrueNicks, Night of Magic has more recent classic connections: her dam...
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The father and son team of Machiavellian and Street Cry (IRE) ( TrueNicks , SRO ) made their presence strongly felt in last few days. Machiavellian's daughter. Criticism (GB) (TrueNicks A+ ), one of three stakes winners for her sire out of Caerleon mares, took the Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. IIT) May 23 at Belmont Park. The granddam is the Rothmans International...
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Already established as Danehill's most prolific stallion son, Danehill Dancer (IRE) advanced his reputation still further at the weekend with an Irish Guineas classic double. On Saturday, last year's top 2-year-old in Europe, Mastercraftsman (IRE) , captured the Boylesports.com Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-I). Rated B+ by TrueNicks, Mastercraftsman is out...
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One of the more impressive winners on the Preakness undercard was Everyday Heroes , who is now 4-for-4 after taking the Hirsch Jacobs Stakes (gr. III). Out of the Dayjur mare Lucette (and rated B+ ) he is a closely related to Horse of the Year Ghostzapper ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , whose half-sister is Everyday Heroes' dam. Both Ghostzapper and Everyday Heroes are...
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Between classics, it was a relatively quiet weekend in the U.S. One race that might have Triple Crown implications, however, was contested: the Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) went to Belmont Stakes (gr. I) hopeful Charitable Man (TrueNicks A ). The victory of Charitable Man continues an outstanding season for his sire, Lemon Drop Kid ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , who now...
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Last weekend saw the first two French classics of the season - the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (both Fr-I) -- in the books. The result was a great one for the Irish National Stud with the filly's event going to Elusive Wave, from the second crop of Elusive City, and the colt's classic falling to Silver Frost (IRE), a son of Verglas...
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In England this past weekend Sea The Stars (IRE) captured the Stanjames.com Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) at Newmarket, adding another chapter in the remarkable story of the late Urban Sea. The 1993 CIGA Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) heroine, a daughter of Miswaki, has been represented by eight starters, and all eight of them are stakes horses, with six group...
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Giant's Causeway ( TrueNicks , SRO ) had no luck with his son Hold Me Back in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), but he was still represented by a weekend classic winner when his daughter Ghanaati captured the Stanjames.com One Thousand Guineas (Eng-I). Ghanaati was making her seasonal debut -- her last start came in October -- and was running...
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The Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) was taken in devasting style by Rachel Alexandra , who romped by 20 1/4 lengths. Like Mine That Bird , she is from the first crop of her sire -- in her case, Medaglia d'Oro ( TrueNicks , SRO ) . (With Tapit ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , Speightstown ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , Candy Ride (ARG) ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , and Even the Score ( TrueNicks ...
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Squeezed back as the field left the stalls and way off the pace early on, Mine That Bird -- under a rail-skimming ride from Calvin Borel -- ran past a rubber-legged field in the stretch to take a muddy renewal of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) by 6 3/4 lengths. The $9,500 yearling -- the least expensive in the race -- Mine That Bird was Canada...
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In a big weekend for Cal-breds, two sires had a particularly good time. The blazingly fast but lightly-raced Storm Cat son Tribal Rule ( TrueNicks , SRO ) was represented at Hollywood Park by Rule the Storm , who took the Warren's Thoroughbreds Stakes, and by Tribal Justice , successful in the Grey Memo Stakes. In his first three crops, Tribal Rule -- a close...
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It is quite common in Thoroughbred breeding to see the success of one sire or sire line ride off the back of the success of a nick or in particular the presence of a stallion in a genetic population. There seems to be, at least in Europe, a strong genetic tie between the former stablemates Danehill and Sadler’s Wells with the most recent example being the surprise...
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Surprisingly, the richest race of the past weekend wasn’t one of the graded contests. Instead that honor went to the inaugural Charles Town Classic, a nine-furlong contest with a purse of $500,000. The winner, who more than doubled his lifetime earnings, was the Two Smart (by Two Punch) gelding Reseacher . This was the sixth win in his last seven starts for Researcher...
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There are some crosses that, intuitively, one would expect to work. That of European turf star Diesis (GB) (by Sharpen Up (GB) ) with Alydar is not among them. The cross, however, has turned out to be quite effective – it is TrueNick rated A++ - and one of the best examples is Magical Fantasy , who added a weekend win in the Santa Barbara Handicap (gr. IIT) to...
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Parading has had to wait until he turned 6 to win a graded stakes, but he achieved that feat in great style April 19 in the Ben Ali Stakes(gr. III). Bred and owned by the Phipps Stable, Parading is the fourth stakes winner sired by Pulpit out of a mare by Storm Cat . Two of the others are also graded, most notably hot young sire Sky Mesa ( TrueNicks , SRO ) ...
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The 1 3/4-mile San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap (gr. IIT) was once one of America’s great races, but it’s gone the way of all other American contests over a distance of ground, either shortened or downgraded. That said, it still paid out a nice $120,000 to winner Midships. He is a member of the second crop of Mizzen Mast , who is enjoying a very good...
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Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Monarchos looks as if he might be about to enjoy his most successful season. He is already represented by four 2009 stakes winners, headed by Informed Decision , who captured the Vinery Madison Stakes (gr. I) April 9, and Win Willy , who upset Old Fashioned to take the Rebel Stakes (gr. II) a few weeks earlier. The pair represents...
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With the weekend Kentucky Derby trials -- the Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. I), Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), and Illinois Derby (gr. II) -- going to horses (I Want Revenge, Pioneerof the Nile, and Musket Man, respectively) that had captured graded stakes on their previous start, the most interesting new 3-year-old stakes winner was the filly Hooh Why . The much-traveled...
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The weekend crowned two new grade I winners among the older division. Vinery already has one promising stallion prospect in their homebred Friesan Fire, a 3-year-old son of A.P. Indy ( TrueNicks , SRO ). Now they have another in 4-year-old Kodiak Kowboy . A son of Vinery stallion Posse ( TrueNicks , SRO ) , Kodiak Kowboy was purchased by Vinery as a yearling...
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Prix Noailles The first major French Derby prep of the year, the Prix Noailles (Fr-II) was won by the French-foaled but decidedly German-pedigreed Grandcamp (FR) (by Platini (GER) out of a mare by a son of Super Concorde ), who is rated A++ by TrueNicks. Platini is a son of the great sire Surumu (GER) , from the male line of Dark Ronald that has prospered primarily...
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As a prelude to the stallion study -- which is currently "under construction" as we determine the best way to track all the horses that we have rated by each sire throughout the world -- we thought that it was worthwhile going back and taking a look at the 2008 OBS March sale of 2-year-olds to examine the horses that rated well with TrueNicks from that sale....
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